Capcom Reveals $1,300 Resident Evil 6 Premium Edition

Resident Evil’s protagonist Leon S. Kennedy has become a pretty stylish guy since moving away from his straight-laced RPD officer duds and altar boy haircut. I guess barely surviving a zombie outbreak awakens a man’s hunger to dress well while enjoying what little we have of this crazy thing called life. Anyway, he had a pretty mean fur/leather coat in Resident Evil 4, and his motorcycle jacket in Resident Evil 6 is looking even more bad-ass. Guess what? You can look just like Leon for the, eh... unique price of $1,300.

Silconera has translated the Japanese-only advertisement for the premium edition of the game, which retails for 105,000 yen. It includes four exclusive tablet covers – one featuring Chris, Leon, Wesker’s son Jake Muller, and a secret character – and, of course, the game itself.

Or, you could just walk into your local mall and buy pretty much the same thing, with enough cash to spare to buy your entire extended family copies of RE 6. But it’s your money, who am I to judge? It does looks pretty warm. And those pockets could problem fit lots of green herbs and spare handgun bullets. Maybe the leather is tough enough to protect against gnashing human teeth. Who knows? It might be the purchase that saves your life.

The only special edition I own that I think was a waste was Batman:Arkham Asylum. Great game, bad special edition. The batarang was listed as metal, but comes plastic and with an irremovable stand.

Basically, $60 is quite an investment for a disc and a case. If you're going to add 20, 40, 90, or even 1,240 dollara to that already steep price, then you better make what comes with the game worth it.

You know what I would rather spend $1,300 on? How about another genuine Resident Evil game? You know, like the originals, or if that's unrealistic then like #4. Sorry, not going to buy a crappy game and adding a bunch of crap to it doesn't make it any more appealing.